Luke 11
1 AND it came to pass, as he was in a certain place praying, when he had done, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, even as John also taught his disciples.
It happened he was praying in a certain place, and when he stopped, one of his disciples said to him, "Master, teach us how to pray, just as Johntaught his disciples."
2 And he said unto them, When ye pray say, Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name: thy kingdom come: thy will be done as in heaven so upon earth.
So he said to them. "When you pray, say, "Father, hallowed be thy name; May thy kingdom come,
3 Give us our necessary food, day by day:
"Give us day by day our bread for the coming day;
4 and forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one who is indebted to us. And bring us not into temptation; but deliver us from the wicked one.
"Forgive us our sins; for we also forgive everyone who has offended us; "And bring us not into temptation."
5 And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and he shall go to him at midnight, and say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves;
He also said to them. "Suppose you have a friend and you go to him, ‘My friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
6 for a friend of mine is come to me off a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.
"for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’
7 And he from within answering, shall say, Give me no farther trouble: my door is already locked, and my children are with me in bed; I am unable to rise and give thee.
"and he from indoors shall answer. ‘Do not pester me. The door is now closed, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give to you.’
8 I tell you, though even he would not rise and give him because he is his friend; yet because of his importunity, roused up, he will give him as many as he needeth.
"I tell you that, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunate persistence he will rise and give him whatever he needs.
9 And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
"So I say to you. "Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock and it shall be opened to you.
10 For every one who asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
"For he that asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks the door shall be opened.
11 For what father of you, if his son ask a loaf, will he give him a stone? or if a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
"What father is there among you who, if his son asks for a loaf, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish will give him instead a serpent?
12 or if he ask also an egg, will he give him a scorpion?
"Or if he asks for an egg, will offer him a scorpion?
13 If ye then, evil as ye are, know how to give good gifts to your children; how much more shall your Father, who is in heaven, give his Holy Spirit to those who ask him?
"If you give good gifts to your children, how much more shall the Father who is in heaven give the Holy spirit to those that ask him!"
14 And he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb person spake, and the people marvelled.
Once he was casting out a dumb demon, and when the demon was gone out, the dumb man spoke, and the people wondered.
15 But some of them said, He casteth out devils by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
But some of them said, "It is by Beelzebub, the prince of demons, that he cast out demons."
16 But others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven.
Others, tempting him, kept seeking from him a sign from heaven.
17 But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste; and a house against a house, falleth.
He knew their intentions and said to them. "Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste and house falls upon house.
18 And if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom be established? because ye say, that I cast out devils by Beelzebub.
"And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?
19 But if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.
"Do you say that I am casting out demons by the power of Beelzebub? If I then am casting out demons by Beelzebub, by whom are your sons casting them out? They therefore shall be your judges.
20 But if with the finger of God I cast out devils, then, verily the kingdom of God is come unto you.
"But if it is by the finger of God that I am casting out demons, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.
21 When a strong man, in complete armour, guards his palace, his goods are in peace.
"When the strong man fully aroused keeps guard over his homestead, his property is undisturbed;
22 But when a stronger person than he coming, vanquisheth him, he takes away his suit of armour in which he confided, and distributes the spoils.
"but when the stronger man attacks him, he takes away from the strong armor in which he was trusting and divides up the spoil.
23 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad.
"He who is not for me is against me, and he who is not gathering with me is scattering.
24 When the unclean spirit goeth out of a man, he passes through places destitute of water, seeking repose; and not finding it, saith, I will go back to my habitation from whence I came out:
"Whenever a foul spirit is gone out of a man, it roams through waterless places, in search of rest; but when it can find none, it says, ‘I will go back to the house which I have left.’
25 and coming, he findeth it swept and furnished.
When it comes and finds the house completely swept and garnished.
26 Then goeth he, and taketh seven other spirits, more wicked than himself; and they entering in, take up their abode there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first.
"Then it goes off and fetches seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there. And the last state of that man is worse than the first."
27 And it came to pass as he was speaking these words, a certain woman from among the multitude lift up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the breasts which thou hast sucked.
It happened while he was saying this, that a certain woman out of the crowd shouted to him, saying, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breast that you have sucked."
28 But he said, Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of God and observe it.
"No, rather," he answered, "blessed are those who listen to the word of God, and keep it."
29 Then the multitudes thronging around him, he began to say, This is a wicked generation: it seeketh a sign, and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
When the crowd were beginning to throng about him he proceeded to say. "This is an evil generation! It seeks a sign, and there shall be no sign be given to it except the sign of Jonah;
30 For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man also be to this generation.
"for as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall the Son of man be to this generation.
31 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment against the men of this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
"The queen of the South shall rise up in Judgement with the men of this generation, and shall condemn them; because she came from the ends of the earth to listen to the wisdom of Solomon, and lo, one greater than Solomon is here!
32 The men of Nineveh shall rise up in judgment against this generation, and shall condemn it, for they repented on the preaching of Jonah, and, behold, a greater than Jonah is here.
"The men of the Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with his generation and shall condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and lo! one greater than Jonah is here!
33 But no man lighting a lamp putteth it in a concealed place, or under a bushel, but on a stand, that they who are coming in, may see the light.
"When one lights a lamp he does not put it in a cellar nor under the bushel, but on a lamp-stand that those who enter may see the light.
34 The lamp of the body is the eye: when therefore thine eye is clear, thy whole body will be luminous, but if it be vitiated, thy whole body will be darkened.
"The lamp of the body is your eye; when your eye is single then your whole body is full of light; but when it is evil your whole body is full of darkness.
35 Let it be thy aim then, that the light which is in thee do not become darkness.
"Look carefully! Perhaps that very light of yours is darkness.
36 If then thy whole body be illuminated, not having any dark part, it will be wholly luminous, as a lamp by its brightness diffuseth light.
"If, however, your whole body is full of light, without having any part dark, it will be wholly radiant with light, as when the lamp illumines you with its bright rays."
37 Now as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee invited him to dine with him; and going in with him, he sat down.
When he had finished speaking a Pharisee asked him to dine with him; so he went in with him and reclined.
38 But the Pharisee seeing it, marvelled, that he had not washed before dinner.
And the Pharisee noticed, to his amazement, that he did not wash his hands before eating,
39 Then said the Lord unto him, Now ye Pharisees make the outside of the cup and of the dish clean, but your inward parts are full of extortion and wickedness.
but the Lord said to him. "You Pharisee do cleanse the outside of your cup or plate, but your secret heart is full of extortion and wickedness.
40 Ye senseless men! did not he who made that which is without, make also that which is within?
"Foolish men! Did not He who made the outside make the inside also?
41 But give what is within them for alms; and, lo! all will be pure unto you.
"Better cleanse what is within, and nothing will be unclean for you.
42 But wo to you, Pharisees, because ye tithe mint, and rue, and every herb, and pass by judgment and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and not to have omitted the other.
"But woe unto you Pharisee! for you tithe mint and rue and every herb, and disregard justice and the love of God; but these you ought to have done, and not leave the other undone.
43 Wo unto you, Pharisees, for ye love the first seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the places of public concourse.
"Woe unto you Pharisee! for you delight in the best seats in the synagogue, and in the salutation in the market-places.
44 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves concealed, which men, while walking over them, see not.
"Woe unto you! for you are like the tombs which are hidden, and men walk over them unsuspecting."
45 Then one of the doctors of the law addressing him, said, Master, thus speaking, thou reproachest us also.
Hereupon one of the lawyers exclaimed, "But teacher, in saying such things you are also reproaching us also."
46 And he said, Wo also to you, teachers of the law! for ye load men with burdens hardly bearable, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.
"Woe unto you lawyers also!" said Jesus, "for you load men with irksome burdens, and you yourselves will not touch the burdens with one of your fingers.
47 Wo unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
"Woe to you! for you are building the tombs of the prophets whom you ancestors killed.
48 Ye do indeed bear witness to, and with pleasure concur in your fathers’ deeds; for they truly killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.
"So you are witnesses, and you consent to the actions of your ancestors. for they killed them, and you build their tombs.
49 Therefore also the wisdom of God hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill, and shall persecute:
"For this reason also said the Wisdom of God. ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and some they will persecute;
50 that the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed since the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation:
"so that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required from this generation,
51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who was slain between the altar and the temple: verily I tell you, It shall be required of this generation.
"from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the alter and the sanctuary; yes; I tell you, it shall be required of this generation!
52 Wo unto you, teachers of the law! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge; ye yourselves enter not in, and those who were entering ye have hindered.
"Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge!’ You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who are trying to enter."
53 And as he was saying these things unto them, the scribes and Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to extort answers from him respecting many things;
After he had gone away, the Scribes and the Pharisee began to set themselves vehemently against him, and to cross-question him upon many points,
54 laying snares for him, and seeking to catch hold of something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.
laying in wait for him, in order to catch a word from his lips.
